Evidence of meeting #1 for Status of Women in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was liberal.
A recording is available from Parliament.
4:10 p.m.
NDP
The Chair NDP Niki Ashton
That sounds good. Mr. Holder's proposal is to approve the 10 minutes for each witness. Is there any discussion? That sounds fine? Is everybody in favour?
4:10 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
4:10 p.m.
NDP
The Chair NDP Niki Ashton
Excellent. We've cleared that one completely.
On number eight, staff at in camera meetings, is there any discussion?
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An hon. member
I move approval.
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Roxanne James Conservative Scarborough Centre, ON
Actually, I have a question. I just noticed that the word “staff” has been dropped from the sentence that reads “staff member present from their office or from their party”, whereas in the original one, it reads, “party staff member”. That has a completely different meaning. I think the word “staff” needs to be back in there.
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Roxanne James Conservative Scarborough Centre, ON
In the right-hand column you have “unless otherwise ordered, each committee member be allowed to have one staff member present from their office or from their party”; “party” is different from a “party staff member”, and I think you need to have “staff member” in there if you're going to approve the second column for the revisions.
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Stella Ambler Conservative Mississauga South, ON
It seems to me the new wording is actually reducing the number of staff at the meeting. It looks as though each member is allowed to have one staff or a person from the party, whereas it was clearly previously “in addition”.
I like the earlier wording. I like the wording from the previous Parliament better. It specifies that you can have one person from the member's staff, one person from the party.
4:10 p.m.
NDP
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Ed Holder Conservative London West, ON
Could I move a subamendment to that subamendment? Could I move that we vote on the original routine motion, which I think works extremely well, and we won't get into the confusion about office or not office folks? I just think it's fairly clean, and I would be comfortable if the committee might consider supporting that.
4:10 p.m.
NDP
The Chair NDP Niki Ashton
Thank you for the proposal.
Everyone in support of Mr. Holder's motion to adopt the previous version for number eight?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Excellent. Thank you very much.
We move on to number nine, on in camera meeting transcripts.
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Susan Truppe Conservative London North Centre, ON
I would like to make an amendment such that where it says “or by their staff” that we not have “staff” for the in camera meeting transcripts.
4:10 p.m.
NDP
The Chair NDP Niki Ashton
Would that be in line with keeping the old version, which does not have that section?
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Susan Truppe Conservative London North Centre, ON
Yes, I think that would be fine, as long as it doesn't say “staff” on there. So I'd like to move a motion to go back to the original one.
4:10 p.m.
NDP
The Chair NDP Niki Ashton
That sounds good.
Ms. Truppe has moved a motion to go back to the original version.
Is there any discussion? All in support of maintaining the previous version?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Excellent. Thank you.
We move on to number ten, on notice of motions.
Is there any discussion on number ten?
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Susan Truppe Conservative London North Centre, ON
I would like to move an amendment to that as well, that we add “and that completed motions that are received by 4 p.m. on business days shall be distributed to members same day”.
4:10 p.m.
NDP
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Susan Truppe Conservative London North Centre, ON
I would put it right after the “and”: “to members in both official languages and that completed motions that are received by 4 p.m. on business days shall be distributed to members same day”.
4:15 p.m.
NDP
The Chair NDP Niki Ashton
To clarify, this would be in place of the 48 hours' notice in general? You're clarifying the 48 hours. Would that be a fair assessment?
4:15 p.m.
NDP
The Chair NDP Niki Ashton
Sorry. There may have been confusion. So we can keep that 48 hours' section, and the proposal here is to add the section that you referenced?
